ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,152, issued on Aug. 4.

"Devices and related methods for separating and compacting trash" was invented by Zhongwei Lu (Amissville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Receptacles for holding, separating, compacting and/or disposing of household trash are described."

The patent was filed on July 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/227,278.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=12698152&OS=12698152&RS=12698152

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